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president but he was the first catholic nominee for president. this dinner, which is a benefit for catholic charities here in new york city, has ended up becoming a really important thing in american presidential politics. honestly, the biggest reason it is really important is because of its timing. there are other dinners like this. the gridiron dinner in washington or the alfalfa dinner or the correspondence dinner. there are other dinners that are fancy politics proms, essentially. where you get a sitting president or very high-level politician showing up in tuxedos and gowns and telling jokes and sharing stages with people they otherwise would not be sharing stages with. that happens. right? there are those events in washington and elsewhere around the country. but this one that you are looking at right here is different. because this one happens now. a couple of weeks before the election. and it's always timed like that. every time. and traditionally, both presidential candidates go to these things. i mean, there are some years where the din
president but he was the first catholic nominee for president. this dinner, which is a benefit for catholic charities here in new york city, has ended up becoming a really important thing in american presidential politics. honestly, the biggest reason it is really important is because of its timing. there are other dinners like this. the gridiron dinner in washington or the alfalfa dinner or the correspondence dinner. there are other dinners that are fancy politics proms, essentially. where you...
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i believe the mayor, all our first responders, all our city workers are doing a brilliant, brilliant selfless job in helping our great city get through this, and thank you, mr. president, for being there directing fema. thank you fema, thank you to homeland security for coming in to help new york during this period. we couldn't do it without them. con ed doesn't have the power. we need the federal government. they say the generators will be here in 24 hours helping us restore our city back to an operational level. >> thank you also for what you are doing. >> thank you for having me today. >> thank you. congresswoman carolyn maloney, thank you so much. if you'd like to make a donation to help with the storm recovery efforts, please go to redcross.org or call 1-800-red-cross. stay with us, much more ahead. [ male announcer ] in blind taste tests, even ragu users chose prego. prego?! but i've bought ragu for years. [ thinking ] wonder what other questionable choices i've made? i choose date number 2! whooo! [ sigh of relief ] [ male announcer ] choose taste. choose prego. >>> we are war
i believe the mayor, all our first responders, all our city workers are doing a brilliant, brilliant selfless job in helping our great city get through this, and thank you, mr. president, for being there directing fema. thank you fema, thank you to homeland security for coming in to help new york during this period. we couldn't do it without them. con ed doesn't have the power. we need the federal government. they say the generators will be here in 24 hours helping us restore our city back to...
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now you have this first incidence of water level, the lincoln tunnel, the holland tunnel is closed. how much damage can water do to a metropolis like new york? >> oh, my goodness, you get water in the subway system and you start dealing with the electrical transmission lines and, you know, you could have extensive damage there. as a matter of fact, if they start hearing that those tunnels are filling with water, you know, you know what you do -- and we see this all the time with tropical systems, they will shut down the electric grid. they will start shutting down to prevent power loss in transformers, you know, dealing with all that electricity. so, you know, i think that's the big thing. and i think 7 to 9:00 tonight we'll find out if we're going to get water in the subways. but if reports were from last year with irene that we were within a foot of getting water in the subways and now the surge is already 2.2 feet higher than it was with irene, there's a pretty good chance we could get it in the subway. >> i hear the lincoln is still working. let me ask you about just back again
now you have this first incidence of water level, the lincoln tunnel, the holland tunnel is closed. how much damage can water do to a metropolis like new york? >> oh, my goodness, you get water in the subway system and you start dealing with the electrical transmission lines and, you know, you could have extensive damage there. as a matter of fact, if they start hearing that those tunnels are filling with water, you know, you know what you do -- and we see this all the time with tropical...
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for the first time there are no cities in virginia or florida in the top ten. at least not for now. whole grain, multigrain cheerios! mom, are those my jeans? [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't. multigrain cheerios we might still be making mix tapes. find this. pause this. play this. eject this. write this. it's like the days before esurance express lane™. you had to find a bunch of documents just to get a car insurance quote. now express lane finds your driving info with just one click, saving time to be nostalgic about the days before express lane. thank you, insurance for the modern world. esurance. now backed by allstate. click or call. >>> i had, i don't know, 20-something jobs before i got elected president, but this is the first time in my life i ever got to be the warm-up act for bruce springsteen. >> 45-minute warm-up act, and it was a good 45 minutes. welcome back to "hardball." 19 days to the election, and barack obama is bringing in the big guns. the big dog and the boss. two legends in
for the first time there are no cities in virginia or florida in the top ten. at least not for now. whole grain, multigrain cheerios! mom, are those my jeans? [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't. multigrain cheerios we might still be making mix tapes. find this. pause this. play this. eject this. write this. it's like the days before esurance express lane™. you had to find a bunch of documents just to get a car insurance quote. now...
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paul ryan and donald trump are doing a joint appearance in new york city just a couple weeks ago. now glen beck is doing a gala fund-raiser with dick cheney with 12 days to go before the election. i can't -- >> first of all, the glenn beck thing, to me, suggests he's still trying to win over the base of the republican party. or the craziest part of the base. but as you indicated, he's trying, romney is trying to hide his real positions, have this mask of moderation. he's running a pseudo pro-choice. i don't even want to dignify it with that label. ad. and so, and he's trying to, you know, put mourdock in the closet with akin. and, yet, it's all undone by appearance by glenn beck or donald trump. at the same time, on the foreign policy front, after presenting himself in the last debate as a peace nick, who said, i don't want to have another iraq or afghanistan. you know, he took back every single position -- this is, of course, what colin powell was alluding to -- to be involved with dick cheney, completely undoes that. dick cheney is the foreign policy who supposedly disowning las
paul ryan and donald trump are doing a joint appearance in new york city just a couple weeks ago. now glen beck is doing a gala fund-raiser with dick cheney with 12 days to go before the election. i can't -- >> first of all, the glenn beck thing, to me, suggests he's still trying to win over the base of the republican party. or the craziest part of the base. but as you indicated, he's trying, romney is trying to hide his real positions, have this mask of moderation. he's running a pseudo...
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for weather today for the first time in 27 years. and for the very latest on the hurricane's path, let's go right to what mark halperin just described as a national treasure right now, bill karins, our nbc news meteorologist. all right, bill, walk us through -- i know you were saying earlier the storm's taken a little more of a left turn than what was forecast about three hours ago. >> yeah. it's very slight, but it makes a big difference especially for atlantic city, new jersey, long beach island, central jersey. if the storm went right over you, your storm surge would have been less. if it goes south down by wildwood, that means your damage will multiply times worse. let me take you through the time line here. we just made it through our first high tide cycle. we've had major damage up and down the eastern seaboard. now we're headed towards the low tide. the water shouldn't rise any more. so the next event we're watching during the daylight hours is this. this orange cone here, those are the tropical storm-force wind gusts. they ha
for weather today for the first time in 27 years. and for the very latest on the hurricane's path, let's go right to what mark halperin just described as a national treasure right now, bill karins, our nbc news meteorologist. all right, bill, walk us through -- i know you were saying earlier the storm's taken a little more of a left turn than what was forecast about three hours ago. >> yeah. it's very slight, but it makes a big difference especially for atlantic city, new jersey, long...
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for the first time there are no cities in virginia or florida in the top ten. at least not for now. we'll be right back. ♪ [ male announcer ] start with an all new award winning car. good. now find the most hard core driver in america. that guy, put him in it. what's this? [ male announcer ] tell him he's about to find out. you're about to find out. [ male announcer ] test it. highlight the european chassis, 6 speed manual, dual exhaust, wide stance, clean lines, have him floor it, spin it, punch it, drift it, put it through its paces, is he happy? oh ya, he's happy! [ male announcer ] and that's how you test your car for fun. easy. >>> i had, i don't know, 20-something jobs before i got elected president, but this is the first time in my life i ever got to be the warm-up act for bruce springsteen. >> 45-minute warm-up act and it was good 45 minutes. welcome back to "hardball." 19 days to the election and barack obama is bringing in the big guns. the big dog and the boss. two legends in their own time. they came together for a joint appearance near cleveland this afternoon and the
for the first time there are no cities in virginia or florida in the top ten. at least not for now. we'll be right back. ♪ [ male announcer ] start with an all new award winning car. good. now find the most hard core driver in america. that guy, put him in it. what's this? [ male announcer ] tell him he's about to find out. you're about to find out. [ male announcer ] test it. highlight the european chassis, 6 speed manual, dual exhaust, wide stance, clean lines, have him floor it, spin it,...
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the new york city headquarters of the federal reserve. now, prosecutors say he was inspired by osama bin laden and that he tried to recruit others from across the country. not realizing those recruits were undercover agents. wnbc's jonathan dientz has details. >> reporter: this is the face of quazi nafis and this was his alleged target, the federal reserve bank. he was arrested after he allegedly parked a van packed with what he thought was a thousand pounds of explosives trying to kill hundreds of innocent new yorkers during the morning rush. >> clearly had the intent of creating mayhem here. >> reporter: it was a sting operation and nafis was under intense surveillance for months by the agencies. the undercovers even provided some of the fake bomb parts. but they say it was nafis who picked his target, helped build the bomb and they only got on to him after he approached an informant about wanting to carry out a major attack. targeting america's economy is the most efficient way to draw the math of obliteration to america," he allegedly
the new york city headquarters of the federal reserve. now, prosecutors say he was inspired by osama bin laden and that he tried to recruit others from across the country. not realizing those recruits were undercover agents. wnbc's jonathan dientz has details. >> reporter: this is the face of quazi nafis and this was his alleged target, the federal reserve bank. he was arrested after he allegedly parked a van packed with what he thought was a thousand pounds of explosives trying to kill...
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for the first time there are no cities in virginia or florida in the top ten. at least not for now. >>> i had, i don't know, 20-something jobs before i got elected president, but this is the first time in my life i ever got to be the warm-up act for bruce springsteen. >> 45-minute warm-up act, and it was a good 45 minutes. welcome back to "hardball." 19 days to the election, and barack obama is bringing in the big guns. the big dog and the boss. two legends in their own time. they came together for a joint appearance near cleveland this afternoon, and they made the sales pitch for the president's re-election and i guess energized a lot of blue collar voters out there who love this guy, rust belt people, hoping to shore up what i call the scranton/oshkosh corridor, where we make things in this country. i want to offer up a small thought, i think obama has yet to hit the right note about the auto industry and saving it. i think autos in this country are part of our culture. we love cars, loved the new models when we were kids. the fact we make our own cars and we
for the first time there are no cities in virginia or florida in the top ten. at least not for now. >>> i had, i don't know, 20-something jobs before i got elected president, but this is the first time in my life i ever got to be the warm-up act for bruce springsteen. >> 45-minute warm-up act, and it was a good 45 minutes. welcome back to "hardball." 19 days to the election, and barack obama is bringing in the big guns. the big dog and the boss. two legends in their own...
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. >>> first, in new york city the subway system remains crippled after heavy flooding caused what officials say the worst damage in its 108 year history. no one knows when it will be up and running again. >>> let's go back to new jersey. there were countless rescues there and for some the realization that they were no match for mother nature. >> terrible. it was awful. it was the worst thing i ever saw. the waters came down like crazy. we were sorry we stayed. >>> new jersey appears to have taken the brunt. the weather channel's dave malkoff is live for us in toms river, new jersey. one of the hfof the hardest hit. thanks for being with us. what's it look like this morning? >> good morning. you can see where we are right now. we are standing right next to a boat. but as we pull out, you can see the boat is nowhere near the marina. we're right in the middle of the highway. the 30-foot boat is just contained of sitting there. if you read the back, it says that it came from beachwood which is down about that way, but if you look across that bridge, that is seaside heights. let me show you arie
. >>> first, in new york city the subway system remains crippled after heavy flooding caused what officials say the worst damage in its 108 year history. no one knows when it will be up and running again. >>> let's go back to new jersey. there were countless rescues there and for some the realization that they were no match for mother nature. >> terrible. it was awful. it was the worst thing i ever saw. the waters came down like crazy. we were sorry we stayed....
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we'll see on and off periods of rain, even in new york city. then we're soaked through central connecticut, now spreading northward into massachusetts and boston. it looks like you're about to get your first rain of the morning. many areas on i-95 are being affected by the storm. the huge storm is located almost over the top of chicago and milwaukee. it is a cold, raw, rainy day from indianapolis to chicago, raining and temperatures in the 40s is not fun by nen's standards. it will be windy in the northern plans but not as bad as yesterday where rapid city had hurricane force gusts up to 80 miles per hour. today's forecast on this friday, most of the bad weather will be early in the day today from new york city to philadelphia. all afternoon long up into areas of new england. the rest of the country we have talked about chicago to minneapolis and atlanta, it looks like from colorado to california, much of the deep south, no problems traveling this weekend. >>> the $35 million andy warhol. girl dumps on guy who happened to go on and win mega mil
we'll see on and off periods of rain, even in new york city. then we're soaked through central connecticut, now spreading northward into massachusetts and boston. it looks like you're about to get your first rain of the morning. many areas on i-95 are being affected by the storm. the huge storm is located almost over the top of chicago and milwaukee. it is a cold, raw, rainy day from indianapolis to chicago, raining and temperatures in the 40s is not fun by nen's standards. it will be windy in...
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. >>> floodwaters along the coastline of new york city made it very difficult all night for first responders here to reach a massive six alarm fire that is burning in the borough of queens. the fire broke out in breezy point destroying 50 homes on the rockaway peninsula that jets out into the atlantic ocean. more than 170 firefighters responded to the inferno which broke out around 11:00. there's no word on what started the fire yet. luckily only two people suffered minor injuries. elsewhere, right now, there are over 600,000 con ed customers as luke at that live picture of new york city without power. that is in new york and the surrounding buoroughs. among the problems was a massive explosion at a con-ed substation on 14th street. you see it right here. likely caused by flood organize flying debris. the new york stock exchange will be closed for a second straight day to day. also, the midtown crane you may have heard about partially collapsed at the beginning of this storm is still dangling at this hour from a high-rise about 74 stories above the street. that's on 57th street in midtown. t
. >>> floodwaters along the coastline of new york city made it very difficult all night for first responders here to reach a massive six alarm fire that is burning in the borough of queens. the fire broke out in breezy point destroying 50 homes on the rockaway peninsula that jets out into the atlantic ocean. more than 170 firefighters responded to the inferno which broke out around 11:00. there's no word on what started the fire yet. luckily only two people suffered minor injuries....
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moments ago new york's mayor michael bloomberg telling city residents in evacuation zones that, quote, time is running out to leave their homes. we'll have much more on the storm coming up. >>> first though back to ohio where they have been voting since october 2nd, but as the presidential campaigns are focusing their attention, money and a whole heap of advertising, nbc's john yang tells us voters in the buckeye state really just want it all to be over. >> president obama has a different view. >> reporter: for sue and jack mckitrick, the barrage begins before daybreak. she's undecided. he supports mitt romney. >> the ads are on continuously from 5:00 in the morning until we go to bed at night. >> reporter: an nbc analysis found there's more money being spent in political ads in ohio than in any other state, $185 million so far. that's one-fifth of the national total of $907 million, a figure on track to top $1 billion by election day. in columbus more than 6,600 ads just this month. that's 333 per day. for jack mckitrick it's become background noise. >> after awhile it doesn't do a w
moments ago new york's mayor michael bloomberg telling city residents in evacuation zones that, quote, time is running out to leave their homes. we'll have much more on the storm coming up. >>> first though back to ohio where they have been voting since october 2nd, but as the presidential campaigns are focusing their attention, money and a whole heap of advertising, nbc's john yang tells us voters in the buckeye state really just want it all to be over. >> president obama has a...
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the day off to celebrate his 20th wedding anniversary with the first lay city. and two u.s. troops were killed today in afghanistan. they have not yet been identified but it is confirmed they were killed in an insurgent attack. now back to "caught on camera." >>> here what's waping on "caught on camera." i'm contessa brewer. pack a bunch of kids into a school bus, and you might expect them to be a little noisy or even rambunctious from time to time. but in our next two videos, we'll see a whole different level of bad behavior, shoving, shouting, punching, and what's become unfortunately all too common, bullying. a disturbing confrontation on the way to school turns into a full-blown brawl and it's all captured on camera. may 2005, in punta gorda, florida. a school bus driver pulls over and calls for backup while trying to control a group of rowdy students. >> i need a deputy out here. >> according to the sheriff's report, the fight begins when 66-year-old albert taylor orders a 13-year-old student to sit and fasten his seat belt. when he refuses, taylor tells th
the day off to celebrate his 20th wedding anniversary with the first lay city. and two u.s. troops were killed today in afghanistan. they have not yet been identified but it is confirmed they were killed in an insurgent attack. now back to "caught on camera." >>> here what's waping on "caught on camera." i'm contessa brewer. pack a bunch of kids into a school bus, and you might expect them to be a little noisy or even rambunctious from time to time. but in our next...
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the last time was a blizzard that left drifts as high as 40 feet in the streets of new york city. chris, there have been plans to allow electronic trading to go forward today on the new york stock exchange. as we were just hearing a moment ago, with all the mass transit shut down in and out of manhattan, the risks were determined to be too great. we have to wait and see what happens tomorrow. >> this wide swath of the east coast, the mid-atlantic up into my neck of the woods in the great lakes area, a lot of people not going to work. a lot of people not out shopping. what do we know about the potential financial impact? >> the impact we've seen so far is the u.s. dollar is higher, so a lot of commodities are under pressure. wti is even getting hit because -- this is an interesting thing. because concerns are mounting about the economic impact from sandy. gasoline is jumping higher at this stage because you have refineries along the northeast that are closing down. it may be short-lived, though, because there could be big demand. remember, a lot of people aren't hitting the roads.
the last time was a blizzard that left drifts as high as 40 feet in the streets of new york city. chris, there have been plans to allow electronic trading to go forward today on the new york stock exchange. as we were just hearing a moment ago, with all the mass transit shut down in and out of manhattan, the risks were determined to be too great. we have to wait and see what happens tomorrow. >> this wide swath of the east coast, the mid-atlantic up into my neck of the woods in the great...
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first in staten island a dramatic scene. the nypd was called in to rescue people trapped on their rooftops by rising water. five adults and one child were saved from their home. [ male announcer ] do you have the legal protection you need? at legalzoom, we've created a better place to turn for your legal matters. maybe you want to incorporate a business you'd like to start. or protect your family with a will or living trust. legalzoom makes it easy with step-by-step help when completing your personalized document -- or you can even access an attorney to guide you along. with an "a" rating from the better business bureau legalzoom helps you get personalized and affordable legal protection. in most states, a legal plan attorney is available with every personalized document to answer any questions. get started at legalzoom.com today. and now you're protected. that's a good thing, but it doesn't cover everything. only about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. so consider an aarp medicare supplement insura
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the governor said it's a situation they will have to monitor and first thing in the morning at first light respond to and try to get those people out. not far from here just a couple blocks, one of the city's last resort shelters a guard unit went in there and pulled those people out and took them to atlantic city high school. so the shelters that were kept if place drawing criticism. chris christie's statement was there shouldn't have been shelters open here on the island. the winds are still coming ashore here. and we really won't know what kind of damage has taken place inside the city proper. i'm chris kato reporting for wcau. >> what he was explaining was cutting out of some of the time because we have a live shot in the middle of the storm about the controversy over those shelters. the the contrast is between the wishes of the local mayor and the wishes of the governor. governor chris christie saying there should not have been any sheltering in place on site in atlantic city that everybody should have been evacuated. local officials made some local sites available for people to
the governor said it's a situation they will have to monitor and first thing in the morning at first light respond to and try to get those people out. not far from here just a couple blocks, one of the city's last resort shelters a guard unit went in there and pulled those people out and took them to atlantic city high school. so the shelters that were kept if place drawing criticism. chris christie's statement was there shouldn't have been shelters open here on the island. the winds are still...
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elected to the columbia city council and that's sort of how she got her start in politics. they always talked about politics throughout her entire life. >> she was here with senator mccaskill -- >> she was here. >> a year and a half ago. her mom. >> they were extremely close. >> yeah. >> very sad passing. >> our thoughts and prayers are certainly with you, senator mccaskill and the entire family. >> yep. >>> coming up, an update on the storm response from new jersey governor chris christie. we'll also talk to chris matthews and david brooks about the state of the election with just seven days to go. >>> plus, author of the best-selling book "the perfect storm" will be here with his thoughts on yesterday's super storm. up next, mike allen with a top stories in the politico playbook. and we'll continue to bring you updates on the hurricane throughout the morning. keep it here on "morning joe." [ woman ] ring. ring. progresso. i just finished a bowl of your new light chicken pot pie soup and it's so rich and creamy... is it really 100 calories? let me put you on webcan... ...l
elected to the columbia city council and that's sort of how she got her start in politics. they always talked about politics throughout her entire life. >> she was here with senator mccaskill -- >> she was here. >> a year and a half ago. her mom. >> they were extremely close. >> yeah. >> very sad passing. >> our thoughts and prayers are certainly with you, senator mccaskill and the entire family. >> yep. >>> coming up, an update on the...
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fo "first look." stories making news, moments ago, the nobel peace prize has been awarded. it will not go to an individual person or persons. instead, the european union for six decades of contributions to the advancement of peace and democracy of human rights in europe. >>> leon panetta says the u.s. is becoming -- transportation system and financial networks. last night, he painted a dire picture. >> the collective result of these kinds of attacks could be a cyber pearl harbor. an attack that would cause physical destruction and the loss of life. >> the lebanese militant group hezbollah is claiming a drone that was shot into israel calling it an unprecedented achievement. >>> the obama administration is calling an international criminal group clearing the way to seize criminal profits from the gang. scientists say they discovered a planet twice the size of eartha is made largely of diamond. it is encircling a nearby star every 18 hours. here is your first look at a dish of scrambled politics. the de
fo "first look." stories making news, moments ago, the nobel peace prize has been awarded. it will not go to an individual person or persons. instead, the european union for six decades of contributions to the advancement of peace and democracy of human rights in europe. >>> leon panetta says the u.s. is becoming -- transportation system and financial networks. last night, he painted a dire picture. >> the collective result of these kinds of attacks could be a cyber...
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we're getting word of new york's first storm-related fatality. a 30-year-old man trapped by a fallen tree in queens. we're also getting some amazing pictures showing some serious flooding from delaware to new jersey. some of the streets of atlantic city are covered in water. this video was taken before sandy made landfall. we know many of these streets were closed ahead of the storm, but new jersey governor chris christie is criticizing the mayor of atlantic city for failing to get enough people to evacuate. >> for whatever reason, the mayor urged people to stay in shelters in the city. despite by admonition to evacuate, he gave them comfort for some reason to stay. we now have a large number of people that are in atlantic city and at this juncture there's no other way for us to go in and get them. they are going to have to ride out the storm there. i'm very disappointed in the fact that some decided to disregard my instruction, in fact, my order. and i'm concerned it might lead to the loss of life. i'm extraordinarily dis -- disappointed in thos
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. >> i'm talking the city. both won. everton fans. ronler bennett. and they're saying two minutes, there's not a chance in hell we're going get this done in 2. >> it's a euphemism for 5. >> first manu/tottenham. >> they showed no fear. went ahead in the first minute. in the second, welsh won. he threw it. spurs, 2-0 ahead. rang in the changes. >> look at this. usa, baby. >> this is a winner. >> usa! >> a fine young american, israel moor. >> listen. this guy is phenomenal in english soccer. clint dempsey, what a guy. >> if only he used his athletic talent to be a female gymnast, we'd love this man. >> i have no idea what you're talking about. >> why? >> let's go from there. >> tottenham wins. >> chelsea. another huge win. >> american-owned arsenal. this is all about fernando torres. he's been a goal-scoring touchback. his secret. he's asked to have an abby wambach haircut. it was not the greatest team. it with us going to be won by the team with more confidence. that is on the block, chelsea. spanish win. >> what a kick there. >> chelsea, a despicable
. >> i'm talking the city. both won. everton fans. ronler bennett. and they're saying two minutes, there's not a chance in hell we're going get this done in 2. >> it's a euphemism for 5. >> first manu/tottenham. >> they showed no fear. went ahead in the first minute. in the second, welsh won. he threw it. spurs, 2-0 ahead. rang in the changes. >> look at this. usa, baby. >> this is a winner. >> usa! >> a fine young american, israel moor. >>...
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for the first time in new york city, a nationally syndicated radio show host conservative steve diese. we said governor romney's momentum, but let me clarify this poll likely women voters. in virginia the president leads 54/42, ohio 54/42, florida, 54/41. is the president discussing these issues related to women's health because he sees governor romney having momentum or that's an achilles heel for governor romney? >> i think it's an achilles heel for romney. they focused on it, and they have a strong record on women's issues. governor romney does not. it's not just the binders comment, but you saw today they released this very strong ad on abortion going after mitt romney's contradictions on the state. this is why people like steve in the past never supported mitt romney, because he's all over the map on the issue of abortion. ted kennedy called him multiple choice. >> we have a new ad from the president hitting governor romney on the issue of abortion and we have the romney campaign's response if you will. those are out today, in fact. let's play them. >> you know, those ads say mit
for the first time in new york city, a nationally syndicated radio show host conservative steve diese. we said governor romney's momentum, but let me clarify this poll likely women voters. in virginia the president leads 54/42, ohio 54/42, florida, 54/41. is the president discussing these issues related to women's health because he sees governor romney having momentum or that's an achilles heel for governor romney? >> i think it's an achilles heel for romney. they focused on it, and they...
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the first presidential debate a matter of hours away. a new battleground poll released moments ago shows where the race stans in ohio, virginia and florida. acoring to the nbc news/"wall street journal"/maris poll, ohio has opened up a lead in ohio among likely voters. in virginia, the president's lead shrunk to 2 points, well within the margin of error. there's a statistical tie there. the president held a five-point lead just last month. in florida, romney closed the gap as well. he's statistically tied with the president there. last month, romney trailed the president in that state by five points. a tight race all the way around. new national polls show the race tightening with 34 days to go. head-to-head matchup here. this is nationally. president obama leading 49% to 46% among likely voters. again, within the margin of error and closer than it was two weeks ago. on the direction of the country, 40% say we're heading in the right direction. 53% say things are on the wrong track. 40% is the highest mark for this question in 3 1/2 year
the first presidential debate a matter of hours away. a new battleground poll released moments ago shows where the race stans in ohio, virginia and florida. acoring to the nbc news/"wall street journal"/maris poll, ohio has opened up a lead in ohio among likely voters. in virginia, the president's lead shrunk to 2 points, well within the margin of error. there's a statistical tie there. the president held a five-point lead just last month. in florida, romney closed the gap as well....
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. >> first of all, we've never gone into karachi or a big city like that. >> where was ksm apprehended. >> in karachi but we never sent drones. >> of course we did. >> listen -- if you know what you're clapping about, that would make it better for everybody else here. that was my point. we would send people into karachi to get ksm to pull him out. now we're indiscriminantly launching drones. listen, i hate to sound like a code pink guy here. i'm telling you, this is causing this, quote, collateral damage, with a joystick from california, this is going to cause problems in the future. >> if it's misused and a major possibility of misuse if you have the wrong people running the government. but the bottom line in the end is, whose 4-year-old gets killed? what we're doing is limiting -- >> does that matter? >> -- limiting the possibility that 4-year-olds here are going to get killed by indiscriminate acts of terror. >> listen, not if you don't have another way to go in. and apprehend these terrorists. >> no, we're going to do that, too. >> no, we're not. >> yes, we are. special forces and
. >> first of all, we've never gone into karachi or a big city like that. >> where was ksm apprehended. >> in karachi but we never sent drones. >> of course we did. >> listen -- if you know what you're clapping about, that would make it better for everybody else here. that was my point. we would send people into karachi to get ksm to pull him out. now we're indiscriminantly launching drones. listen, i hate to sound like a code pink guy here. i'm telling you, this...
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first to houston for sunday night football. aaron rodgers set a career high and franchise record with six touchdown passes, leading the packers past a previously unbeaten texans 42-24. here's a look at all of sunday's nfl scores. with houston's loss, the atlanta falcons remain the only undefeated team in the nfl with a 23-20 victory over the oakland raiders. in baltimore, jacoby jones tied an nfl record with a 108-yard kickoff return, helping the ravens beat the cowboys 31-29. >>> college football now. alabama and florida top the bcs standings. both 6-0. the crimson tide and gators don't play each other this season, but would meet in the s.e.c. championship game if both remain undefeated. >>> over to baseball. the tigers took a 2-0 series lead over the yankees. a solid performance by pitcher anibal sanchez. an admitted missed call by an ump at second base notched them a 3-0 victory yesterday. in san francisco, the cardinals hit two homers in a 6-4 victory over the giants, taking game one of the n.l. championship series. "saturd
first to houston for sunday night football. aaron rodgers set a career high and franchise record with six touchdown passes, leading the packers past a previously unbeaten texans 42-24. here's a look at all of sunday's nfl scores. with houston's loss, the atlanta falcons remain the only undefeated team in the nfl with a 23-20 victory over the oakland raiders. in baltimore, jacoby jones tied an nfl record with a 108-yard kickoff return, helping the ravens beat the cowboys 31-29. >>>...
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>> the first we'd have to do is make sure we have an effective emergency response. something that this administration failed to do when he had a hurricane in new orleans. and i think we have to review how we operate in the event of not only a natural disaster, but also a terrorist attack. >> so he went emergency response, katrina, fema. he tried to redeem himself by adding that enemies of the u.s. have to be hunted down. the breakthrough came through the 14th primary face-off when asking hillary clinton about eliot spitzer's plan to give driver's licenses to illegal immigrants. >> do you support his plan? >> tim, this is where everybody plays gotcha. it makes a lot of sense. what is the governor supposed to do? he's dealing with a serious problem. >> i was confused on senator clinton's answer. i can't tell whether she was for it or against it. parts of leadership is not just lo looking backwards and seeing what's popular or trying to gauge popular sentiment. it's about setting a direction for the country. >> the president is best what he's able to sharpen his respon
>> the first we'd have to do is make sure we have an effective emergency response. something that this administration failed to do when he had a hurricane in new orleans. and i think we have to review how we operate in the event of not only a natural disaster, but also a terrorist attack. >> so he went emergency response, katrina, fema. he tried to redeem himself by adding that enemies of the u.s. have to be hunted down. the breakthrough came through the 14th primary face-off when...
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and mitt romney gets back on the campaign trail, first stop the battleground state of florida. a lot of new information coming up in the next hour. stick around. when what you just bought, just broke. or when you have a little trouble a long way from home... as an american express cardmember you can expect some help. but what you might not expect, is you can get all this with a prepaid card. spends like cash. feels like membership. [ male announcer ] can a car be built around a state of mind? ♪ announcing the all-new 2013 malibu from chevrolet. ♪ with a remarkable new interior featuring the available chevrolet mylink infotainment system. this is where sophisticated styling begins. and where it ends? that's up to you. it's here -- the greatest malibu ever. ♪ >>> good morning, everybody. i'm thomas roberts. topping get agenda today, a daunting recovery. president obama will depart the white house in one hour heading to new jersey to tour the damage left in the wake of the destructive superstorm named sandy. you're looking at new aerial pictures taken from above new jersey t
and mitt romney gets back on the campaign trail, first stop the battleground state of florida. a lot of new information coming up in the next hour. stick around. when what you just bought, just broke. or when you have a little trouble a long way from home... as an american express cardmember you can expect some help. but what you might not expect, is you can get all this with a prepaid card. spends like cash. feels like membership. [ male announcer ] can a car be built around a state of mind?...
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and then it's the streets of new york city where travel is still at a standstill. but first, as we always give it to you before this first break, the schedule of the president and governor romney. the president obviously new jersey today will do an aerial tour. also plans to do an aerial tour with governor christie. mitt romney, of course, all over the state of florida. right now as we go to break those are live pictures. that's hoboken, folks. those are live right now. that is standing water in the streets of hoboken. we've all had those moments. when you lost the thing you can't believe you lost. when what you just bought, just broke. or when you have a little trouble a long way from home... as an american express cardmember you can expect some help. but what you might not expect, is you can get all this with a prepaid card. spends like cash. feels like membership. i'd like to thank eating right, whole grain, multigrain cheerios! mom, are those my jeans? [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't. multigrain ch
and then it's the streets of new york city where travel is still at a standstill. but first, as we always give it to you before this first break, the schedule of the president and governor romney. the president obviously new jersey today will do an aerial tour. also plans to do an aerial tour with governor christie. mitt romney, of course, all over the state of florida. right now as we go to break those are live pictures. that's hoboken, folks. those are live right now. that is standing water...
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>> well, i think the first thing that we need to do is to get power restored as quickly as we can. you know, there's an old saying that pictures are better than words. and for the president to come to atlantic city, i am most appreciative. he will see for himself the devastation that has been wrecked on this city by sandy. but i'm happy to say that although the loss in terms of property is catastrophic, on the human side the loss was very minimal. not to diminish the loss of one life that we had, but there has been no real serious injury to our residents. we did have one fatality. and so on the human side, i think we came through this as best as we could hope. certainly we would like to have preserved all life, but we did unfortunately lose one. but again, on the property side, catastrophic damage. on the human side, very minimal, so i'll very thankful for that. >> seeing things very important but the actions of the people of atlantic city restoring power more important. what is the timeline, sir, that you think that people will get power? >> as we speak, crews are out about atlant
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for the first time since hurricane sandy hit. the last time it was halted for two days because of weather, 1888. they're running on the own backup generators and the markets are lower. the dow is down 15 points there. well, nbc's first read team says it won't be surprising if the losing side of the presidential election blames sandy. take a look at what they mean by that. up next, presidential historian doug brinkley of how disasters affected elections and republican congressman steve king says he wants to avoid a repeat of hurricane katrina. he says relief money was spent on bags and massage parlors. one of the things we thought you should know. but first, today nate silver of "the new york times" forecasted president obama had 77% chance of winning re-election and now 299 votes and governor romney 239. >>> welcome back. president obama was supposed to be in ohio today before canceling the visit due to hurricane sandy and the damage caused. despite being off the trail, the latest poll of ohio voters gives the president a five-po
for the first time since hurricane sandy hit. the last time it was halted for two days because of weather, 1888. they're running on the own backup generators and the markets are lower. the dow is down 15 points there. well, nbc's first read team says it won't be surprising if the losing side of the presidential election blames sandy. take a look at what they mean by that. up next, presidential historian doug brinkley of how disasters affected elections and republican congressman steve king says...
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first of all, the bus service is going to start to be restored at 5:00 this afternoon. they're going to have sunday service. they hope to fully restore by tomorrow. the subways will take longer, perhaps as long as four days, says mayor bloomberg. governor cuomo has asked for and received a team of experts from the federal government who will come in to try to help pump the water out of the subway tunnels all of which flooded. the bridges are slowly opening back up. but they still don't want people driving around because it is just too dangerous. but perhaps the most disturbing thing of all, is that at least ten new yorkers lost their lives in this storm last night. andrea? >> and ann, just a couple other things. there were moments like when the building in chelsea came down, i think it was around 8:00 or 8:30 last night. >> yep. >> when that building came down, those firefighters, those first responders, they went tearing in, visible from across the street, they just went right in without even missing a heartbeat to try to rescue anyone who was inside. just the response
first of all, the bus service is going to start to be restored at 5:00 this afternoon. they're going to have sunday service. they hope to fully restore by tomorrow. the subways will take longer, perhaps as long as four days, says mayor bloomberg. governor cuomo has asked for and received a team of experts from the federal government who will come in to try to help pump the water out of the subway tunnels all of which flooded. the bridges are slowly opening back up. but they still don't want...
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columbus which interestingly is a very bipartisan town, be democratic mayor, a bunch of republican city fathers spent money on infrastructure, supported the auto industry, they have a delegation to china to do deals like this one, to look for ways factory workers in columbus can sell to chinese. i think american workers are savvier about globalization and the opportunity it presents. >> that's not what the obama campaign thinks. they spent the entire summer blaming mitt romney for globalization. that was the campaign. >> i do think -- >> it's worked too. >> it does work. >> now the romney campaign is arguing against globalization. it's like it's come full circle? >> in ohio everybody is against globalization and everybody is for coal. >> but i mean, let's not think -- i remember seeing on this show why can't romney come out and say sometimes we have to close factories. sometimes -- >> the interesting issue this is seriously late in the game for it, but romney as the resident business expert had an opportunity to create a sort of intellectual idea about jobs and it could have been someth
columbus which interestingly is a very bipartisan town, be democratic mayor, a bunch of republican city fathers spent money on infrastructure, supported the auto industry, they have a delegation to china to do deals like this one, to look for ways factory workers in columbus can sell to chinese. i think american workers are savvier about globalization and the opportunity it presents. >> that's not what the obama campaign thinks. they spent the entire summer blaming mitt romney for...
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but our first story is about a man at a low point in his life and the effort high above a city street to save him. 70 stories above the streets of new york, a desperate man contemplates ending his life by jumping from the top of one of the city's landmark skyscrapers. >> obviously something has brought him to the edge, and we want to figure out quickly as possible, but the job could always go very wrong. >> august 10, 2011. detectives james cole and sean solar of the new york city police department's emergency services unit are on duty when the call comes in. >> we started our shift at 3:15 that afternoon. and almost immediately as soon as we finished loading up and checking our equipment, a call came over that there was a jumper up on the top of 30 rockefeller plaza. >> the detectives race to midtown manhattan where the 23-year-old man dangles his legs precariously from the 70th floor observation deck of 30 rock. >> the first thing i see when i get up there is him furiously scribbling at the notepad. i tried to communicate with him as much as possible. >> several onlookers and the lo
but our first story is about a man at a low point in his life and the effort high above a city street to save him. 70 stories above the streets of new york, a desperate man contemplates ending his life by jumping from the top of one of the city's landmark skyscrapers. >> obviously something has brought him to the edge, and we want to figure out quickly as possible, but the job could always go very wrong. >> august 10, 2011. detectives james cole and sean solar of the new york city...
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take a live look at new york city. welcome back to morning joe. back with us onset we have mike barnacle. >> can we go right there? >> we got to set this up first. we've all been saying the same thing around the set. phone calls coming in all last night from democratic friends, my independent friends, republicans. where does this come from? we've never seen this mitt romney before. but you say you have. >> yes, this is how mitt romney became governor of massachusetts in 2002 during a series of debates. he was exactly this way, as he was last night. he came in prepared. he had a plan. he executed it. he was armed with specific information. he went right at the opponent. then it was the governor running against him. he did that again last night, very effectively. >> and he seemed, for the first time, comfortable in his skin. we've been pounding mitt romney, despite what cheetos eaters thought on the internet, because he had a horrible, horrible month. he was uncomfortable in his skin. last night that guy was -- i agree, the best republican debate in
take a live look at new york city. welcome back to morning joe. back with us onset we have mike barnacle. >> can we go right there? >> we got to set this up first. we've all been saying the same thing around the set. phone calls coming in all last night from democratic friends, my independent friends, republicans. where does this come from? we've never seen this mitt romney before. but you say you have. >> yes, this is how mitt romney became governor of massachusetts in 2002...
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. >>> first let's get to the news live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in new york city. a spirited, at times, testy debate last night as massachusetts republican incumbent senator scott brown met his democratic challenger, elizabeth warren, at the university of massachusetts in lowell. it was the second of four scheduled debates as a new poll from "the boston globe" shows 18% of massachusetts voters still undecided and with warren holding a lead. right out of the gate, moderator david gregory asked about the controversy around elizabeth warren's claim to native american heritage. >> i never used the information about our native american heritage to get any advantage, not to apply to college, not to apply to law school, and not to get hired for any job. i was listed in a directory as -- i listed myself as native american. i was listed there. it's part of who i am. >> do you consider yourself a minority? >> i consider myself as having a native american background. that's what i said. that's what i am. >> no one is questioning what her parents told her when she was younger
. >>> first let's get to the news live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in new york city. a spirited, at times, testy debate last night as massachusetts republican incumbent senator scott brown met his democratic challenger, elizabeth warren, at the university of massachusetts in lowell. it was the second of four scheduled debates as a new poll from "the boston globe" shows 18% of massachusetts voters still undecided and with warren holding a lead. right out of the gate,...
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. >>> first to the news live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in new york city. a 21-year-old college student accused of trying to detonate a van carrying what he believed were explosives next to the federal reserve building in manhattan. quazi nafis is from bangladesh. authorities say he came to the u.s. on a student visa in january with the purpose of launching a terrorist attack and took classes in cybersecurity before trying to contact what he thought were al qaeda operatives. turns out those contacts were undercover agents with the fbi. wnbc's jonathan dienst is the chief investigative reporter and has the latest for us. jonathan. >> reporter: almost 24 hours after his arrest mohammed nafis remains behind bars without bail on the terror conspiracy counts, investigators say he tried to drive that van here to the federal reserve bank in lower manhattan and tried to set off a 1,000-pound bomb by remote control. but all along fbi, nypd and homeland security officials say they were on to him monitoring his every move and even provided through informants, some of
. >>> first to the news live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in new york city. a 21-year-old college student accused of trying to detonate a van carrying what he believed were explosives next to the federal reserve building in manhattan. quazi nafis is from bangladesh. authorities say he came to the u.s. on a student visa in january with the purpose of launching a terrorist attack and took classes in cybersecurity before trying to contact what he thought were al qaeda operatives. turns...
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>>> the sun will rise in about 2 2 1/2 hours over the east coast giving officials the first real look at the damage left by super storm sandy. at least 16 people have been killed, more than seven million have lost power. good morning. i'm chris jansing live in new york city. lower manhattan has taken a heavy blow from this storm. the financial district and ground zero were flooded. subway tunnels have also been inundated. the transit authority says this is the worst flooding in the subway's 108-year history. in the rockaways, a fire destroyed at least 50 homes. that's 5-0. in new jersey, atlantic city was largely submerged and cutting it off from the mainland. up and down the new jersey coast, communities are seeing significant flooding. downto downtown hoboken and jersey city seeing water in the streets. we talked to the mayor and she said perhaps 50% of that city is underwater. some shoreline residents in connecticut are stranded in their homes and the national guard has been called out to rescue them. the storm damaged property from stonington to greenwich. in delaware, the storm w
>>> the sun will rise in about 2 2 1/2 hours over the east coast giving officials the first real look at the damage left by super storm sandy. at least 16 people have been killed, more than seven million have lost power. good morning. i'm chris jansing live in new york city. lower manhattan has taken a heavy blow from this storm. the financial district and ground zero were flooded. subway tunnels have also been inundated. the transit authority says this is the worst flooding in the...
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first at city hall, now as a state senator. it's great to have you with us today, and the obama campaign touted its early lead there in ohio in the early voting yesterday saying it's not going to let up. as we know, the vice president is there basically all week. the race there will only get more heated with ohio now the top market in the ad spending. i want everybody to take a look at that. $177 million. is president obama's early lead enough to buffer any gains that the romney campaign is expected to make on election day the old fashioned way? >> i believe so, thomas. i mean, ohio is the president's life line. just as we delivered ohio in 2008, we will deliver ohio in 2012. the buckeyes here in the state understand that the president's policies are what are right for the state of ohio from throwing a lifeline to the auto industry to making sure that one of the first pieces of legislation that he signed into law was the lily leadbetter act. we have a governor in governor romney who can't even decide what he believes that a wom
first at city hall, now as a state senator. it's great to have you with us today, and the obama campaign touted its early lead there in ohio in the early voting yesterday saying it's not going to let up. as we know, the vice president is there basically all week. the race there will only get more heated with ohio now the top market in the ad spending. i want everybody to take a look at that. $177 million. is president obama's early lead enough to buffer any gains that the romney campaign is...
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you know, parking lots underneath -- you know, the first four, eight stories of buildings being parking lots may not be the prettiest thing to look at, but, but better you lose a parking lot than you lose a whole bunch of apartments or a whole bunch of business units. we're going to have to think about making our infrastructure more protectable. i mean this thing in new york is absolutely the example. our problems with metro north are absolutely the example so we'll have to harden systems and have to spend money on hardening those systems, even while we're spending money to repair those systems. now, of course, there is a bigger question. in a country where people don't like to talk about infrastructure investment, at least half the people in the country don't like to talk about infrastructure investment, how are we going to get this thing done? we'll need leadership in the country that actually doesn't simply talk about europe or china's investment in awe and then not expect to repeat it here in the united states. we need to rebuild our infrastructure. we need to harden our infrastruct
you know, parking lots underneath -- you know, the first four, eight stories of buildings being parking lots may not be the prettiest thing to look at, but, but better you lose a parking lot than you lose a whole bunch of apartments or a whole bunch of business units. we're going to have to think about making our infrastructure more protectable. i mean this thing in new york is absolutely the example. our problems with metro north are absolutely the example so we'll have to harden systems and...
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first time romney will do debate prep in the same state as the actual debate. romney picked up an endorsement from orlando sentinel today and vice president biden speaks in florida in sun city. there's the prep for that. florida a hotly contested debate the obama campaign would like to keep in its column. up next, we'll ask larry to break out his crystal ball. relief at the pump. gas prices dropping again. [ female announcer ] ready for a taste of what's hot? check out the latest collection of snacks from lean cuisine. creamy spinach artichoke dip, crispy garlic chicken spring rolls. they're this season's must-have accessory. lean cuisine. be culinary chic. >>> even the smallest state could have a big impact on each of the presidential candidates' path to 270. joining me now is larry, director of the university of virginia center for politics. hi, larry. good day to you. let's start with the difference in polling. we have nbc/"wall street journal" poll which gives the president leads in iowa and wisconsin. wisconsin is also a state that you changed from the lea
first time romney will do debate prep in the same state as the actual debate. romney picked up an endorsement from orlando sentinel today and vice president biden speaks in florida in sun city. there's the prep for that. florida a hotly contested debate the obama campaign would like to keep in its column. up next, we'll ask larry to break out his crystal ball. relief at the pump. gas prices dropping again. [ female announcer ] ready for a taste of what's hot? check out the latest collection of...
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and we have to think of our cities very differently than we thought about in the past. parking lot underneath -- the first four or eight stories of buildings may not be the prettiest thing to look at, but better you lose a parking lot than a bunch of apartments or business units. we're going to have to think about making our infrastructure more protectable. this thing in new york is absolutely the example. our problems with metro north are absolutely the example. we'll have to harden systems and spend money on those systems. even while we're spending money to repair those systems. there's a bigger question. in a country where people don't like to talk about infrastructure investment, at least half the people in the country don't like to talk about infrastructure investment, how are we going to e get it done? e we need leadership that doesn't talk about europe and china and then not expect to repeat it here in the united states. we need to rebuild our infrastructure. we need to harden our infrastructure. we need to protect that infrastructure. and we need to do that not
and we have to think of our cities very differently than we thought about in the past. parking lot underneath -- the first four or eight stories of buildings may not be the prettiest thing to look at, but better you lose a parking lot than a bunch of apartments or business units. we're going to have to think about making our infrastructure more protectable. this thing in new york is absolutely the example. our problems with metro north are absolutely the example. we'll have to harden systems...
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the first in a city. a man in flushing queens when a tree crashed into his house and crushed him. ida of our new york station wnbc, is in lower manhattan. ida, what can you tell us? >> reporter: chris, we're maybe a couple blocks away from the world trade center site and there was significant flooding out here for much of the evening. i'd say from maybe 8:00 up until -- well, right this very moment. check out the flooding here. these are the northbound lanes of the highway. if i walk back here, i'm probably in the deepest area where we are standing, maybe about ten inches of water here. if we look up north, it's a little dark and hard to see and it looks like there's two feet of water in that direction. all in all, the good news is, we've seen a lot of receding. maybe an hour ago this entire area was completely underwater. i would say half an hour ago, i want to show you this cardboard box that barely survived the storm. this was underwater half an hour ago and that's a good 50 feet from where the water is right now. things are starting to recede. at the height of it, when the sto
the first in a city. a man in flushing queens when a tree crashed into his house and crushed him. ida of our new york station wnbc, is in lower manhattan. ida, what can you tell us? >> reporter: chris, we're maybe a couple blocks away from the world trade center site and there was significant flooding out here for much of the evening. i'd say from maybe 8:00 up until -- well, right this very moment. check out the flooding here. these are the northbound lanes of the highway. if i walk back...
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governor romney and president obama shared the stage in new york city. the light hearted night included plenty of self-deprecation. >> people seem to be very curious as to how we prepare for the debates. let me tell you what i do, first refrain from alcohol for 65 years before the debate. second, find the biggest available straw man and then just mercily attack it. big bird didn't even see it coming. >> of course, the economy is on everybody's minds. the unemployment rate is at its lowest level since i took office. i don't have a joke here. i just thought it would be useful to remind everybody. that the unemployment rate is at the lowest it's been since i took office. >> unlike tuesday night's slug fest the jabs last night were playful. >> after my to foreign trip in 2008, i was attacked as a celebrity because i was so popular with our allies overseas. and i have to say i'm impressed with how well governor romney has avoided that problem. >> there have been some awkward moments like when the president pulled pope benedict aside to share some advice on ho
governor romney and president obama shared the stage in new york city. the light hearted night included plenty of self-deprecation. >> people seem to be very curious as to how we prepare for the debates. let me tell you what i do, first refrain from alcohol for 65 years before the debate. second, find the biggest available straw man and then just mercily attack it. big bird didn't even see it coming. >> of course, the economy is on everybody's minds. the unemployment rate is at its...
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there is some damage to buildings in the city. there's some damage to the infrastructure here. but, again, we can't get to exactly how much damage because those first responders we've been talking about all night aren't going to get out and really assess things until this storm moves through. so right now we're in a situation where we know there's some damage. we know there's some flooding. but the extent of that won't be known until sometime tomorrow morning. >> how far is it and it's been a little while since i've been to cape may, how far from the actual waterfront to where homes are? >> it's probably, chris, and this is just eyeballing the situation, but it's probably 300 to 400 yards till you get to the first homes and also you have some hotels and things like that along the shoreline here. i can tell you i talked to one home owner maybe an hour ago who had made the trip, we're holed up in a hotel at one of the highest points in cape may. made the trip a couple blocks to check on his home. what he said at that point that there had been some water that had breached the home
there is some damage to buildings in the city. there's some damage to the infrastructure here. but, again, we can't get to exactly how much damage because those first responders we've been talking about all night aren't going to get out and really assess things until this storm moves through. so right now we're in a situation where we know there's some damage. we know there's some flooding. but the extent of that won't be known until sometime tomorrow morning. >> how far is it and it's...
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our first responders have been doing a heroic job protecting our city and saving lives and they are still fighting fires and con ukt doing life-saving search and rescue migs and we owe them an enormous debt of gratitude. the storm brought something like 23 serious fires to parts of staten island, brooklyn, queens as well as city island in the bronx. the terrible fire on breezy point is now ununder control, but we believe we lost more than 80 houses. the search and recovery operations there are ongoing. if any of you saw the pictures on television is looked look a forest fire out in the midwest. the winds were just deaf statinstatin devastating and blowing from one building to the next one. we are hoping and praying that there was no loss of life in those fires, but even we can -- even if we can save any lives, many people have lost their homes and they have our full support in the days and weeks ahead. the 76 shelters we opened will remain open today and we will continue to keep shelters open until people displaced by the storm can safely return to their homes or find temporary housing. o
our first responders have been doing a heroic job protecting our city and saving lives and they are still fighting fires and con ukt doing life-saving search and rescue migs and we owe them an enormous debt of gratitude. the storm brought something like 23 serious fires to parts of staten island, brooklyn, queens as well as city island in the bronx. the terrible fire on breezy point is now ununder control, but we believe we lost more than 80 houses. the search and recovery operations there are...